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nonites, Perfcctionists, etc-but in general
1t may be said that modern socialism docs not
claim religious command. Charles Fourier,
who was born in 1772 and educated in the
agony of the French revolution, is often con-
sidercd the parent of recent socialism, be-
cause no systcmatized the floating opinions
and presented them in singularly pleasing
style. Since his time socialism has been rec
ognized as prominent phase of popular agi-
tation, and with it has always gone somo
form of extreme and destructive agitation
Besides portraits of st. Just, Karl Marx and
Charles Fourier, portrait is also given of
William Morris, the English poet-manufact-
urer who has of late years been in the front
rank of British Socialists. He has tried the
experiment Of profit sharing with his work
men to KNITTED extent, but does not believe
it is the key to the situation altogether. He
is a man of refinement and social position.
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freely and II lady can see many points in
the economy Of II school room which a
man cannot SO well did she present this
that scores of solid old Republicans were
converted, and if her own party had been
unanimous, she would have been elected
but the old Democrats were little too
conservative for her, they couldn't vote
for woman, and so Miss Nellie Lucre-
tia was defeated.
And now comes n romance. Among
her young Republican converts was Will
liam l.. Coon, n lawyer, and so cnthusi-
astic did he become that he devoted the
last two weeks of the campaign entirely
TO her service, conducting her from meet
ing to meeting. Many an hour did they
pass on country roads driving to the
next appointment, Natural conse-
qucnces followed. The marriage is set
for an early date; and while scores of ad-
mirers grieve, they all admit that Mr..
Coon has fairly won the prize and join in
congratulating the bride elect
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trlct overwhelmingly Republican. But
the latter was successful in exciting a flu
rorc that left her opponent but small
majority and in creating an enthusiasm
for female candidates which ought to de
light the woman suffragists.
Miss Clark is, perhaps, 30 years old,
very sedatc in manner and slow to move
in politics; Miss Cook, on the contrary, is
but p, quite handsome, ardent in her
political faith, vivacious in her expression
and peculiarly gifted in campaigning
She canvassed her district thoroughly and
spoke with marked ability on the advan-
tages of having Il woman for school COM
missioner Her arguments were really
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On three successive days there were
riots in Hyde Park but very little damage
done. On The last day the separate de-
tachments of the crowd were followed by
the police, ridden down by the mounted
patrols and dubbed by the constables !;
yet, strange to say no one was killed out
right Thereafter the meetings declined
rapidly in numbers, but the laborers
proper held assemblies in other places,
and delegations sent by them were court
eously received by the government. Mean
while, despite the increasing cold and rain
incident to the season, the unemployed
have continued to crowd Trafalgar square
ut night, sleeping in reckless disorder, and
in Coyent Garden, under the arches of
London bridge and on the Thames en-
bankment the nightly loiterers are greatly
III excess Of the usual number at this
season. The authorities continued to
assert that there is shelter enough pro-
vided for "casuals" in the proper places,
and that this thronging the squares is
either matter of foolish pride or pred
tense to cXasperate the mob.
Scarcely, however. had the authorities
decided that the trouble in London was
over when the Radical clubs united in "a
call for n monster mass meeting on Sun
day, Nov. -, in Trafalgar square. Sir
Charles Warren, police director, issued a
Proclamation forbiddng the meeting, but
it was not posted till Saturday night. The
result was, the people assembled, the po-
lice interfered and the most serious riot
of the season occurred. -Four thousand
policemen were posted in squads at the
entrances to the square and around the
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BRITATN'S TROUBLES.
TIE IRISH QUESTION AND TIE
HOMELESS POOR OF LONDON.

Lowering the Red Flag in Hyde Park.
gar squarc-No More Meetings to he
Held in Trafalgar Square.
The British government just now has
two serious troubles on hand-the Irish
are resisting the coercion laws in all WAYS
short of open rebellion, and the unem-
ployed by hundreds of thousands are
crowdng the large cities, especially Lon
don. The poor they have always with
Them and if the "Irish question" is not
perennial, there have certainly been but
short intervals in the last twenty-five
years in which no mischief was afoot
there. 1t is n fact worth STUDYING that
forms OF government and society make no
difference in the present aggregate of
misery, though they make much in the
mode of its expression and treatment
In Germany the unemployed poor suffer
in patient silence; in Ireland they fight
the police and organize monster
mass meetings." in London they mass in
the parks, but content themselves with
hootlng and breaking fences and shade
trees, while in the United States some
organize strikes and riots and others ego
in for anarchy 1t is safe statement
that an American mob as big as that
lately assembled in London would never
have been dispersed with Comfy n few
heads broken by the police;" there would
have been some heads broken on both
sides and almost certainly few persons
Killed. Since midsummer the number of
unemployed and desperately poor spend
ing their nights in the parks has been
greatly Increasing. and the orr1uizpd
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-11-25
GROWTH OF SOCIALISM.
WAR BETWEEN HOUSE OF HAVE
AND HOUSE OF WANT.

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enough to enter McKcndrce college,
Illinois, where he graduated in
1850 He was admitted to the bar in
1851, and in 1893 President fierce ap
pointed him receiver for the Evansville
land Office. In 1856 he was elector on the
Democratic ticket in Illinois, and there
after was twice elected to the state legis-
lature In 1851 he served in the state
senate, In 1874 he was first elected to
congress, and was reelected To the Forty
fifth, Forty-siXth and Forty -Seventh con-
crosses. He was very active member,
especially in practical legislation, such as
laws on tariff, finances and appropria-
tions. In the Forty sixth congress Speaker
Randall appointed him chairman of the
committee on military affairs And fiually
President Cleveland appointed him 60 his
present place.
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The exhibition and sale of Mr. Beecher's
personal trcasures-his books and mixtures
and bric-a-brac-has excited no less interest
perhaps than the exhibition of Miss Wolfe's
splendid art bequest But the interest in the
latter has been of quite different sort. Miss
Wolie's pictures are valuable for their arts
tic characteristics aside from any interest at
taching to them because of their former
ownership, Mr.. Beecher's effects receive
value principally from the fact that they
were his, and are not, as a rule, to he priced
for any other reason. The pictures and stat.
uettes are n most heterogeneous mess, and
it could not well be otherwise. For thcv
were many of them gifts from simple minded,
admiring pensioners who sought by pre-.
senting them to him to show the love, adj
miration and respect they felt for their
spiritual teacher. Publishers used TO send
him new books and new prints for his notice,
and all them, with perhaps few exceptions,
are to be found in the collection His library,
however, was much better selected than his
artistic belongings, and an examination of
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quite ingenious,
turning c HE fl V
upon the facts
that many more
women than men
teach in the dis
trict, and that
women are the
divinely appointed
teachers of the
therefore,
her deduction ran,
the lady teachers
should have an
official to whom
they can speak
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Gen. Cailarel, who previous to this trouble
! bore most hOnorably the untarnishcd name
I of noted family, and who had borne
arms for his country for many years,
winning the highest praise for his bravery
and his sagacity in times of war But in
the excitement and indignation of the
volatile Gaul because of President Grcvy's
attempts to shield his sOn-n law, CaHarel
has become almost forgotten
Nine LimOuZin has most unsavory
reputation She has always been intimate
with French public men, and when she
reached financial straits nothing was more
natural than that she should bethink her
self Of the Freuchman's natural love for
orders rs means for the replenishment
of her purse. In return for the coveted
decorations, which She would obtain by
hook or crook through CafTarel and others,
she would receive goodly sums, which she
Of course shared with her assistants in
high life.
Premier Rouvier is drawn into the mat
ter only by reason Of his loyalty to PreSi-
dent Grevy in attempting to stave off the
investigation of the scandal. At least
this was his attitude at first, though he
too, has at last turned against Grevy
for his defense of Wilson. Rouvier is
a lawyer and was born at AK in 1912.
While practicinE his profession at Mar
settles, he assailed the empire in the oppo-
sition press, and after Sept. 4, 1870, was
made secretary general of the prefecture
of BouChes du in Rhone. In 1871 he was
elected to the national assembly, where he
acted with the extreme left He was APP
pointed member of the commission for
Judicial reform in Egypt, and in this ca
paclty sustained with great zeal the inter
ests of France in the east. In 1876 he
was elected deputy, again allied himself
with the extreme left, and was made sec
rotary of the chamber. He was one of
the 363 deputies who, in the following
year, refused vote of confidence in the
Broglie cabinet, and in 1873 he was re-
elected. In 1881 he entered the cabinet,
and he was made prime minister in 1886.
He is the husband of the lady who writes
over the pseudonym of Claude Nignon.
The president of the French republic
receives a salary of S120 900 year, and
is surrounded with as much pomp and cir
cumstance as any European monarch, and
much more than the Prince of Wales. He
is worth at least couple of million of
dollars, and reckoning by the franc, the
French monetary unit, is a ten million
pire at the lowest estimate. His fortune
was originally left him by his father, and
is estimated by certain persons at three
times the amount given above 1t is GER
tainly very large, for it has been steadily
accommodating ever since the death of the
elder Grevy
President Grevy is now "A years old and
his full name is Francis Paul Jules Grevy.
He is native Of Mont -Vernet
and comes from line of magistrates.
NaturallV he WAS educated tO the law
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1928, and his name
is n S Il fiji i g II t
proof of the fam
lily politics of that
memorable years
campaign. As boy
and man he has
always been Of
the same politics.
When he was 8
years old his pa
rents removed to
Illinois, W h ere
they soon after
died. He worked
hard through boy
hood, and earned
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-11-25

He lived on a farm
e ar Harpcr's
Ferry, in 1859, and
he and his master
were among the
first persons pp-
turod by old John
BrowH and taken
to ne historic en-
gno house. at
was" he says,
"about two hours
afoh day. The
moon was out and
| was "A goin' over
the road to wake
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Gen. Sparks, commissioner Of the gen
eral land office at Washington, has re-
Gently come into open conflict with his
official superior, Secretary Lamar, and
that gentleman has politely notified him
that one of them must quit
William Andrew Jackson Sparks was
born near New Albany, Ind, Nov 10,
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RESI- ERECTION FESTIVAL AT CHARLESTON
the city The banks of Charleston today
hold more than $3,0OO,OOO on deposit: there
have been but'two or three commercial fail
ures there during the year, and none of these
were important; real estate is higher than be-
fore the earthquake, the city finances are in
good shape and prosperity rcigns. Small
wonder then that the good people of Charles
ton made merry and We're glad
The originator of the idea of their cele-
brating the good days that seem to have
come to stay with Charleston is Capt. John
l.. Weber, exchange editor of The News and
Courier, and to him every one seems to be
glad to award the honors. He did not, how
ever arrange the details of the celebration:
this was intrusted to others. Al the rail
roads leading into Charleston were crowded
with visitors to the celebrating city during
carnival week, as but little more than a year
before they wcre overladen with terror
stricken people fleeing from the scene The
merry markings included Il balloon ascent, a
pilot boat race, target matches, torchlight
and trades demonstrations etc.
No northern city has ever shown Greater
vitality, push or fortitude than Charleston
1t is noteworthy fact that during all the
festivities not one political speech was made.
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as tribune of the people, was attempting to
enforce it when riot was excited and he was
slain with 800 of his followers Caius Sem
pronius Gracious took up the work where his
brother had left it. After various fortunes
he too was slain, and thereafter things took
their inevitable course. The many grew very
poor, the few immensely rich The people
had nothing to gain by maintaining the nomi-
nal republic, and 1T soon gave place to the
empire. We might wonder why the Romans
submitted to the atrocities of Nero and his
k1nd, but the explanation is simple: the men
Zero tortured or slew We're of the patrician
order, men of wealth and luxury. Tho COM
mon people actually enjoyed the proceedings
They had no fears 1t is probable that if they
had not believed him guilty Of burning Rome,
even the common soldiers would have allowed
Nero TO torture and rob the aristocrats to the
end of his natural life.
When the Roman empire had passed away
and Europe was ruled by many despots, the
poorer classes had recourse to secret societies,
such as the Illuminate and Carbonari Tai
ented men We're Ofcrn convicted of being hos
tile to the government and sentenced to the
mines; they fraternized with the miners, and
thus that class Of laborers has generally been
the most thoroughly organized in Europe
In Germany there were many attempts at
communism by religious societies, some of
which endure to the present; and soon after
Luther's preaching the German peasants
combined in a demand for lighter burdens
For answer tho bishop of Wurzburs slaugh-
tered few thousands of his subjects. In
Wurtembcrg Duke Uric killed as many
more, In ljl4 the peasants Of Hungary rose
Tor which 10000 of them were slaughtered
In flA 1n1,
.decimated by the sword. In 1924 the great
uprising IN central and southern Germany
took place, the peasants demanding equal
rights on the public lands and many other
reforms which seem quito moderate and
reasonable today. The rulers temporized till
their armies were recruited and plans of
united action agreed upon; then 15O,O0 peas
ants were killed and the burdens of the sur
vivors increased But the activity thus sup
pressed found channels in secret societies In
these maSsacres was the seed of many organ.
izations which still make Europe uneasy,
and of these tho greatest is tho Interna-
tional, of which Karl Marx was the great ex.
ponent. This is claimed as their parent or
affiliated society by the Chicago Anarchists.
France began tho labor agitation with the
war of the "JGcquerie" ('jacksn or peas
ants, in which the laborers destroyed 200
castles of the nobility, for which 10000 peas
ants were slaughtered But in the last cen.
fury the French revolution swept away all
reverence for TIE ancient systems, and
from that epoch date most of the
modern forms of socialism. st. Just was con.
spicuous among the moderates of the revo-
lutionary era. a few of the old religious com.
munes still exist and a few new ones have been
added--such as the Zoarites, Shakers, Men
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-11-25
THE NEW CHARLESTON.

How South Carolina's stricken City Has
Recovered from tho Earthquake.
That Charleston is herself again was
abundantly shown recently when the people
of that city celebrated her recovery from the
earthquakes disastrous effects with flags and
fireworks, speeches and festivities of all sorts.
In 1856 Charleston suffered loss Of $1,000
OOO of property by n convulson of nature
never paralleled in the United tatcs. Not
withstanding all this the business of Charles
ton during tho twclvcmonth just passed
amounted to SGG,00O,O0O, and the fall trade
50 far has been uneXampled in tho history of
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TRAFALGAR SQUARE AND VICINITY.
monuments and forums where the speak
ers usually harangucd; 10000 procession
lists moved toward the square and at least
10000 spectators jammed the streets,
among them thousands of people in cabs
and carriages, and probably most of the
thieves, roWdies and pickpockets Of
London. Now let the reader look at the
accompanying map, note the odd tangle
of streets and imagine the 90, 600 men adj
vancing in three solid columns-one along
Oxford street aud st. Martins lane, an
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ingly lively; but
neither Yas'elcct-
ed, This is not
50 very wonder
full, however, for
Miss Clark was a
ProlibiliOnist in
n district where
there are barely
enough of hat
persuasion to fill
the list of com
nlitteemen, a Il d
Miss Cook as n
Democrat in a dis
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-11-25

up ono Of the men when Capt Cook, one of
Browns men, halted me and told me to go
an wake up Mas'r Eichelberger and tho rest.
l was afraid TO do anything else, and
We was all marched to tho engine
house. | never kin fogit Mr.
Brown" During the war Thomas was cook
in the Confederate army. He is now n
years old. He was born in Louisiana and is
resident of Baltimore.
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knives. Then add the police mounted on
foot, hammering on the head Of the three
professions as they slowly forced their
way in, and you will need no details to
see that there was considerable of row.
The net result was that dozen police
men and nearly a hundred other persons
were hurt in various dccrecs-vcry few
scrionsly-and shat the mobs were dis
pcrSed
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Thomas Clark,

We present herewith a portrait of Zine
old Virginia gentleman'-of color Not be-
cause there is anything very striking in the
old negro's face; but there is one very re-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-11-25

just what will be the outcome of the
present scandal in France no one can
definitely foretell, though there seems to
be just now growing belief that it will
not end in smoke as Investigations Of the
doings of people in high station are so
apt to terminate, and in other countries
than France, too.
The most prominent person involved in
the affair is President Grevy himself,
though he is not, of course, charged with
any personal completely in the crooked
methods that have been adopted to get
possession of the coveted Cross of the
Legion of Honor. But his son-in-law,
Daniel Wilson, is deeply involved Per-
haps, however, Wilson would not be
thought sOill of in this matter were it not
for the fact that his past record has been
extremely unsavory. This is the third
scandal he has been mixed up with since
he became Grevy's son-in-law, lie was
reputed to be a man of wealth at the time
of his marriage, and perhaps he was; but
If he had money he lost it all in a bad
speculation, and 50 much more beside
that NJ Grevy had to pay 500, 600
francs to relieve his son-in-law of
bankruptcy The second scandal was
caused by an intrigue with the actress
manager Of well known Partisan
theatre. In the present case Wilson
was more the tool of the now infamous
Mime. Limouzn than n direct offender
himself. Indeed the same NAV be said of
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Ministcr-And so the little boys asked
you to play marbles on sunday, Bobby,
and you refused
Bobby-Ncs, sir
Mnistcr-Now tell me why it was,
Bobby, that you refused
Bobby-'Cause they wouldn't play for
keeps New York sun.
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fOuldS Wheat Germ Meal

The enormous sales
this breakfast cereal
Is having, is something
wonderful, and thous 3.
and~ testify TO Its worth
n a hUa thful and agree
able article of food.
Every body who uses Il
likes IL ana they can't
help il, for II rs the best
Ce~eal in the world.
ASK your pruC, r for it. Is
cents per package of 2
pounds. Try II.
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An exceedingly aesthetic picture dealer
frames show scenes with diamond dust
scattered between frame and picture.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-11-25
''iroof of the 'tIn
Is in the EatiuRn

This old and tried say
ms has never been bet
ter cXeu plifled I, an in
the success Of the ever
popular
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other across Westminster bridge and
direct to the square, and the third coming
in by Wellington street and the Strand.
Picture all the other approaches to the
square chokcd by spectators, and the mob
so tightly wedged that as it advanced
those in the rear pushed on those in front,
all armed with clubs and . few with
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-11-25

AMONG BEEcHER's EFFECTS
the collection in its entirety would have
afforded the student Of genius a correct notion
of just what sort of mental pabulum the
liberal thinker and great divine fed upon
Our artist has given us a scene at the sale.